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DID YOU KNOW? ◾All coffee is grown within 1000 miles of the equator, from the Tropic of Cancer, to the Tropic of Capricorn. ◾Coffee is second only to oil as a commodity and second only to water as a beverage. ◾Coffee trees take three to four years to mature and bear fruit but they will produce for 20 to 30 years. ◾Coffee is actually produced from a fruit. The coffee tree produces a red cherry and the 2 flat beans inside(except peaberries that have 1) are like the seeds of that cherry ◾Coffee is a complex beverage boasting over 800 flavor influencing components. Wine, by comparison has only 150. ◾80% of the world’s coffee is produced on family farms of 12 acres or less! ◾Cappuccino derived its name due to its similarity in color to the robes of an order of Monks called the Capuchins. vtartisan/coffee-library/coffee-facts/
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:57:12 +0000

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